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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Alternative Look at Atton
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Change Congress
I am very much motivated by the backbone of Lawrence Lessig’s book Code. I am excited by the thought he introduces, which before hadn’t crossed my mind in a fundamental way, that is how architecture (and in his specific purpose code) determines behavior. I am particularly excited about the last chapter, which talks about the [...]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Quilting & Code
Second Life never ceases to amaze me. Not surprisingly, many of the quilters in Second Life are quilters in real life. In real life, they use fabric, batting and thread to make quilts; in SL they use code. In both media and both worlds, they are quilters. However, there are some quilters in SL who [...]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Creepy Treehouse
This is an interesting article about using cyberspaces in education: http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2008/04/09/defining-creepy-tree-house/
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Thank Goodness for Collective Intelligence
Pierre Levy’s notion of collective intelligence being one of the most important effects of the internet is one that I have always found compelling. However I did not realize how vital this capacity can be for scholars, particularly scholars working in the world of video game studies. During my research project on BioShock I had [...]
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Rethinking Copyleft
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Another Model for the Distribution of Music on the Internet?
Here is an interesting article about how Trent Reznor, the lead-singer of Nine Inch Nails, has found another way for musicians to distribute free music to fans via the Internet, while still providing a way for the band to make money. Unlike Radiohead, which offered fans the ability to name their own price (as low [...]
Monday, April 7th, 2008Today’s Sewing Computer
Nothing much new with me this week, History Hacks. Just been working on “Adventures in Fiberspace.” Here’s an excerpt of what I have so far: Today’s Sewing Computer In their 1998 book, The Quilter’s Computer Companion, Judy Heim and Gloria Hansen wrote, “If quilters are misunderstood, their use of computers is even more so. What [...]
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008The Influence of Video Games Upon Other Forms of Media
Video games are a booming media industry that are influencing other forms of media. Beyond just film (Mortal Kombat) and television (The Super Mario Brothers) programs that are based upon video game narrative, it seems that concepts of interactivity and distribution models taken from video games are now being applied to other forms of media. [...]
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